Chapter 58: Thighs and Calves

Mo Yubai: “Go to the hotel from last time, find the front desk, and tell them you’re my friend. Give them a little tip and ask if they can take you to the hidden training room.”

Zhu Ou: “Wow, is that the training room Sister Mo said she’d take me to last time?”

Mo Yubai: “That’s the one. I did the math. Without a discount, training there for a month costs 740 gold coins. With your budget, you can train for two months in the cheapest room.”

Zhu Ou: “Huh? That long? Won’t the Survival Game be almost over by the time I finish training?”

Mo Yubai pressed a hand to her forehead in exasperation. “Time flows differently in there. You’ll understand when you get there.”

Wen Ruyan: “Just saw this. Ou Ou, do you have any guesses? Who were they? I’ll go kill them for you so they don’t cause trouble later.”

Zhu Ou: “No, QAQ. I didn’t even see the shape of their car before I rushed into the Service Area.”

Wen Ruyan: “…”

Mo Yubai: “Hahaha, it’s fine as long as you’re safe. If they’re really targeting you, they’ll eventually show their true colors. No rush.”

Zhu Ou: “Mm-hmm, Sister Mo, I’ve arrived at the hotel.”

Mo Yubai: “Great. Help me find the little robot numbered A9000.”

“I have a custom plushie blueprint and made a few different ones. Give the little robot plushie to her as a gift. The one with the ponytail and the floral dress is you.”

Zhu Ou looked at the two cute plushies in her hands in pleasant surprise, squeezing the face of the little floral-dressed plushie.

Oh my gosh! The fluffy, soft texture was so satisfying to squish!

Wen Ruyan stared at the cool-looking plushie in her hand, a faint smile playing on her lips.

She had collected plenty of plush dolls and OCs in the past, but this was the first time she had one of herself. Still, it felt pretty good. At least things didn’t seem so boring anymore.

Wen Ruyan: “Thank you.”

Zhu Ou: “Ahhh! Sister Mo, I love it so much! A9000 says she loves hers too!”

Mo Yubai’s lips curved upward. This kind of emotional validation really brought joy.

“I’m glad you both like them.”

Wen Ruyan: “I do.”

Zhu Ou: “I love it super much! And A9000 said she has time right now to personally take me to the training room!”

Wen Ruyan: “Go on then. Train hard. I look forward to seeing a whole new Ou Ou on the racetrack tomorrow.”

Zhu Ou: “Hands on hips, laughing wildly.jpg When we meet tomorrow, please call me Grandmaster Zhu. Hi-yah!”

Wen Ruyan: “Dreaming before you’ve even gone to sleep.”

Mo Yubai: “Good luck, Grandmaster Zhu!”

Zhu Ou: “Sister Wen is mean. I’m ignoring you guys. Great Grandmaster Zhu is off to train now.”

Wen Ruyan stared at Zhu Ou’s message, speechless. She was a grandmaster a second ago, and now she was a great grandmaster?

“Good luck. Train hard, see you tomorrow.”

Zhu Ou: “Sister Mo, Sister Wen, see you tomorrow!”

Mo Yubai: “Xiao Wenwen, we don’t know what the situation will be on the track tomorrow. If you get the chance, go protect Ou Ou first. Don’t worry about me, I’ll find you guys as soon as possible.”

Wen Ruyan: “Mm, I’ll protect her. Teacher Mo, you should also watch out for Zhao Facai playing dirty.”

Mo Yubai: “Don’t worry. Tomorrow, I’ll send him on his way myself.”

Zhu Ou: “Be careful. That guy always feels a bit sinister.”

Mo Yubai chatted with Wen Ruyan a bit more about what to watch out for tomorrow, and then they wished each other goodnight and went to sleep.

Perhaps because she had lit a scented candle tonight, the faint, refreshing scent of bamboo leaves drifted around her nose, accompanying Mo Yubai into a sweet dream.

When she opened her eyes again, it was early the next morning. After getting herself ready, Mo Yubai put away the Workbench that had been running all night and listed all the sanitary pads for sale!

With that done, she took out her dining table and the Three Meals a Day Stone, and began praying to the great Stone King for breakfast.

To her surprise, today’s breakfast was incredibly lavish: soup dumplings, steamed buns, rice noodle rolls, pan-fried dumplings, scallion pancakes, soy milk, millet porridge, Chinese crepes, egg salad toast, and red date oatmeal.

Mo Yubai packed portions of the food into takeout boxes and sent them to Wen Ruyan and Zhu Ou before digging in!

After thanking the Stone King for his bounty, Mo Yubai packed up the dining table, walked outside to retrieve the traps on the ground, and took out the Pickled Pepper Fish Head. Since the race hadn’t started yet, she decided to rack up today’s mileage first!

Time flew, and it was soon 8:50 AM. Mo Yubai put away the Pickled Pepper Fish Head.

She checked her armor and combat suit, the throwing knives in her sleeves, the dagger at her waist, and the Lucky Coin and Stone King in her cloth pouch, making sure she hadn’t missed a single piece of gear!

She opened the chat channel to see what everyone was thinking:

“What do I do? I’m so nervous, it’s about to start!”

“You’re not even competing, why the hell are you nervous?”

“Can’t I be nervous even if I’m not competing? The top players from the entire server are gathering to fight for supremacy. How can you not be nervous just thinking about it?”

“I’m not nervous. I’m about to die from scorpion venom anyway. Right now, I just hope Boss Mo wins first place so I can rest comfortably for a day before I kick the bucket.”

“We’ll be able to contact our families soon. I’m really getting more anxious the closer we get.”

“Same here. I can’t imagine if I’d even want to go on living if I found out my family was dead. They’re the only reason I’m surviving in this shitty game.”

“Look on the bright side. What if your family is doing better than you? Then you can just cling to their thighs!”

“I really envy Boss Mo’s family. They must have it so easy, just riding her coattails to victory.”

“Young people shouldn’t just think about getting carried all day. You should work hard to become the thigh for your own family.”

“I can’t even manage a thigh. I’m barely a calf. Right now, I’m just in a state where I’m not starving to death, but I’m not getting rich either.”

“Just not starving and being able to feed yourself is already pretty impressive. You can definitely count as a ‘calf’.”

Mo Yubai grinned from ear to ear as she read the chat. What on earth was a “calf”?

Just then, a white light flashed before her eyes. When she looked up again, she was standing in a massive parking lot.

【Welcome, players from all districts, to the Crazy Racing track.】

【Please keep the following game rules in mind:】

【The initial vehicle for the game is a motorcycle. Players can upgrade to a racing car by picking up treasure chests along the way.】

【The map will refresh once every hour. Different maps will have different rules.】

【Treasure chests along the way can be hit directly to obtain resources.】

【During the game, all spectating players can vote for their favorite contestants. 20% of the votes will be converted into points at the end.】

【Beep~ Registered players: 22】

【Actual players present: 18…】

【System has detected that the remaining absent players are deceased… The game will proceed…】

The following are the contestants and participant counts for each district:

【District 1 Actual Participants: 3】

【Lu Xingnan, Jin Qian, Xu Guyan】

【District 2 Actual Participants: 1】

【Wang Qiang】

【District 3 Actual Participants: 3】

【Bai Chengzhou, Guan Sheng, Yan Huaijia】

【District 4 Actual Participants: 3】

【Jiang Taoqi, Jiang Lan, Sun Wei】

【District 5 Actual Participants: 2】

【Hua Cai, Zhang Bin】

【District 6 Actual Participants: 2】

【Yang Xiaoji, Zhang Binglin】

【District 7 Actual Participants: 4】

【Mo Yubai, Wen Ruyan, Zhu Ou, Zhao Facai】

【The game is about to begin. Chat channels have been merged, and personal inventories are now locked. All players, please prepare yourselves.】

【Game Start Countdown: 00:09:59】